Tourists in sight of historic series triumph

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Michael Vaughans men have a series victory in their sights after they recover from a poor start in the final Test

When England are looking to clinch a big series, there’s one man they have come to look to beyond all others, and yesterday, as they sought to secure their first series win in South Africa for 40 years, Andrew Flintoff was once again to the fore.

England’s champion allrounder ripped the heart out of South Africa’s batting to deny them the big total that might have enabled them to dictate terms for the rest of the fifth Test and push for a series-levelling victory. Flintoff’s figures of four for 44 were not quite his best in Test cricket, but this